人文社科学院11传媒孟静唐洋杨瑞瑞KingLearWilliamShakespeare3Contents•theintroductionofShakespeare•Writingbackground•PlotSummary•mainidea•Thecauseoftragedy•characteranalysis•famousaphorism4WilliamShakespeare(26April1564(baptised)–23April1616)wasanEnglishpoetandplaywright,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld'spre-eminentdramatist.HeisoftencalledEngland'snationalpoetandtheBardofAvon.Hisextantworks,includingsomecollaborations,consistofabout38plays,154sonnets,twolongnarrativepoems,andafewotherverses,theauthorshipofsomeofwhichisuncertain.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywright.theintroductionofShakespearetheintroductionofShakespeare5majorworksandmagnumopusfourtragedies:HamletOthelloMacbethKingLearFourComedies:TheMerchantofVeniceAMidsummerNight'sDreamAsYouLikeItTwelfthNightorWhatYouWillhistoricalplay:TheSonnets:Beyondbooks6ThefourtragediesAeschylusSophoclesEuripidesShakespeareWritingbackground7●political:Atthebeginningofthe17thcentury,queenElizabethIandJamesIregimealternation,theBritishsocialcontradictionsintensifies,socialvicesincreasinglyexposed.●Politics:Capitalisteconomyrapiddevelopment.●culture:TheRenaissanceemphasisonhumanism.●society:Regularscriptofcapitalismdevelopmentofself-interestandhedonismtrendintensified,thesocietywhereprofit-worshipbecamemercenaryandposedathreattothesurvivalofsocialevils.●personage:Duringthisperiod,Shakespeare'sthoughtsandartisticmaturity,humanismidealviolentcollisionwithsocialreality.Hedeploredtheidealdifficulttoachieve,thecreationbytheearlypraisedhumanismidealintotoexposeandcriticizethesocialdarkness.8PlotSummary◆WHO?李尔王KingLear女儿高纳里尔Goneril里根Regan考狄利娅Cordelia葛罗斯特伯爵(大臣)Gloucester儿子爱德伽(嫡)Edgar爱德蒙(庶)Edmund肯特伯爵TheEarlofKent弄人TheFool小丑PlotSummary9◆WHAT?1:RegularscriptdomineeringoldkingLearoldandfrail,decidedtotakebetweenthreedaughters,heexpressedaccordingtothegirlslovetoallocateanincomeperperson.Histwooldestdaughterusesweetwords,ofthefather'sheart,andhislittledaughtersaidthefittingNokingLearsatisfactory,hislittledaughterputbetweenthetwobigdaughter,daughterto,notapennywaslatertomarrythekingofFrance.2:Detainedgloucestershireearl'syoungerson,ontheotherhand,becauseoftheirdiscontentisillegitimatechildwasborn,soplanaconspiracy,andmakesthesuspicionbetweengloucesterearlandhiseldestsonandloathed.PlotSummary101:Aftertheregularscriptinbetweentwodaughters,whiletwoeldestdaughtertoshowtherealfeatures.Learwasdrivenoutofthehouse,andhisentouragegloucestershiremetwithpoorTominthewindandrain,alsoisingloucesterEdmundintrigueandexpellingsonEd.Learthinksthisishisdaughtermisunderstanding,shouldbepunishedwithtwodaughters.Whenhewasblamingyourself,cametocomforthimbythehandofasaint.Thesaintiscordelia.◆HOW?◆HOW?Plotsummary11◆HOW?2:Regularscriptintheend,theyoungestdaughterofthemilitarydefeat,shewascaughtupandLear,killedtoLeartheassassinlittlegirl,butshewasdead.EdgarfoundEdmundandfightwithhim,finallykilledEdmundEdgar.GonerilandReganalsodiedinthescrambletobejealous.Leartoosad,finallyalsocollapseanddie.2020/2/22stagephotoofkingLearmainidea13★RegularscriptwithlovenegativeSelfishPhilosophyandresetfaithinhumannature.ThetragedyofShakespearedepictedthetwofamilies,comparedtooneanother,reflectedintheparalleladvance,fullyrevealedthecoldrealityofthesocialatmospherehasbeendeclining,extremeindividualismhaserodedandpoisontherelationshipbetweenthenormalfamily,Humanrelationsapart.Shakespeareinrevealingrealityandevilofhumannatureatthesametime,andaffirmationofthehumanitarianofkindnessandgoodnessofhumannature,humanitarianismthought.★Regularscripthumanistveryconsternationinfrontoftheirevocationofthedevil,theystarttotheirtheorieswererevisedandperfected.Theybegantoemphasizeloveandgoodness.Edyogaandcordeliaistheembodimentoflove,LiErshoucordeliaandquietlydie,rostknowEdKochofallexperienceafterthediewithasmile,theydieveryserene,becausetheyfinallyfoundaman's,whatkindofpersonisagreatandgood.Causeoftragedy14Songtypefaceinthe20thcentury,kingLearisgenerallyregardedasShakespeare'sgreatesttragedies.Becauseinadditiontomostoftheendofthemaincharactersdie,thekeyisininthefaceofanuglysideofhumannature,andthisistheeraithanuglysideofhumannatureledtoaseriesoftragedy.Someoneevaluation:inallofShakespeare'swork,noonecancomparewithkingLear,canattheendsoperfectlycapturetheessenceoftragedyincontrast:onesideiswillingtoliveinatraditionallimittheordinarypeople.intheworld,onesideistryingtotranscendthelimitsofthebrave.characteranalysis:Lear15PersonalitywiseRighttoinflationtheegocentric●PowerHolders16●lossofrightscharacteranalysis:LearOrdinaryPeopleWisemindEgocentricity17characteranalysis:Lear•ThesoulofkingLearfromthenumbnesstremor,impetuouscalm,fromnowontofindasincere,loveandkindness,foundthespiritualend-result.•Learthethoughtsandfeelingsduetothechangeofpositionandchangethementalstate,showsthehumanspirit,embodiestheShakespeareforresettingbeliefofhumannature.Thecauseoftragedy18◆Asafather,FatuousviolentandirrationalcharacterledtoLeartragedy.Lear'sfranticactfortheirowndestinyplantedtheseeds